Man Charged With Killing ALICE COOPER, QUEENSRŸCHE, NIRVANA Sound Engineer Flees

September 17, 2009

K.C. Mehaffey of The Wenatchee World reports: A Seattle man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of 49-year-old Tom Pfaeffle — who has worked as a sound engineer with ALICE COOPER, QUEENSRŸCHE, AEROSMITH, NIRVANA and other bands and performers in live concerts — has fled and is sought by police nationwide on a no-bail warrant.

Kino Michael Gomez, 51, wrote his family a "goodbye" letter, telling them he was taking a "one-way trip to the mountains."

The letter (see below) — an exhibit in Prosecutor Karl Sloan's request for an arrest warrant in Okanogan County Superior Court on Monday — states Gomez believes he's already been condemned by society, and would rather be dead than lose his freedom and his gun rights.

Read the entire report from The Wenatchee World.

Watch a KOMO News report on Tom Pfaeffle's tragic death below.

Kino Michael Gomez's "goodbye" letter courtesy of The Wenatchee World

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